Dog-racing track



' elevated a little Patented Feb. 21, 1928.

-RoY o. DUNLAP, or oar; PAR-K, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR To ELECTRIC HoitnrivcrV CORPORA- TION, OF CHCAGO, ILLINOIS, ACORPQRATION OF DELAWARE.

.Doe-RACING TRACK.-

appiicauon mea June s, 1927. .serial No. 197,269.

My inventionhas to do lwith dogracing, and is concerned particularly with the arrangement ,o .thel lure-conveyor housing relative to the course.

Prior tomy invention `dog racing courses had Jbeen constructed as shown in Smith Pat-V enti No,U 1,3I9`,22.4, with the lurefconveyor housing along the outside kof the oval course, `and with kthe slotted side wall of the housing at such a height as to form a barrier for the dogs along that .side of .the course.

Thel object of my invention is to provide an improved arrangement in which the housingis positioned about the inside as distinguished from the outsidevoiA the course and is surmounted by an open-work fence which forms the necessary barrier for the dogs. My improved arrangement renders the dogs and the lure easily visible at all times from the spectators stand located at one side of the course, cuts down the length of the housing, and materially reduces the cost of constructing the dog racing track.

While the foregoing statements are indicative in a general way of the nature of my invention, other objects and advantages will be apparent upon a full understanding of the improved arrangement.

One form of my invention is presented herein for the purpose of exemplilication, but it will of course be appreciated that various modifications maybe made in such form without departing 'fromv the spirit of the invention. Y In the accompanying drawing:

F ig. l is a plan view of a dog racing track constructed in accordance with theinvention; f

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2*2 of l Fig. 1; and f Fig. 3 is a detailed section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

The dog racing track shown in the drawing includes an oval-shaped course l() which is about fifteen feet wide and about one quarter of a mile long. An open-work fence 11 extend-s along the outer edge of the course, while another open-work fence l2 extends along theinner edge of the same. A stand 13 for the spectators is positioned opposite the stretch 14 of the course and from the stand the spectators may watch the dogs as they encircle the entire course during a race. The course is preferably above the level of the sury from the stand, since the rounding ground, and the standy is prefer.- ably elevated ya little above 'the level vofthe course.

A rail .track 15 .extends along ithe inner edge .of the -course, @at ,a lower level than the same, and a lure-conveying car l16 is mounted on the rail track and'supports a lure 17 on an arm 18 which projects laterally from the car over tgl-ie course. The rail track is covered by an L-vshapevd housing 1 9k which is but slightly higher than the vlevel of the cou-rse, vand the free edge 20 of the housing forms the support for the previously mentioned fence i2 along the innerV edgev ofthe course. The roof portion of the housing is substantially horizontal, although it may slope slightly toward the inield in order to prevent water from draining on to the course in rains, and is preferably devoid of vall truss work above the same whichmight tend to obstruct to a certain extent-the vision of the spectators in watching the dogs from the stand,'the free edge 20 portion being preferably supported lin any suitable manner from within or rearwardly of the housing. y

In the dogv y acing track above described, the housing as viewed from the stand givesl the appearance of being substantially flush with the course, and does not obstruct the vision of the spectators in watchingthe dogs housing is not anywhere near high enough to fence in the dogsV along the inner edge of the course, and the fence which is provided on the housing for that purpose is of open-work construction, through which the dogs may be easily seen. Evenon the portions of the course most removed from the stand, as for instance on the portion shown in section in Fig. 3, the dogs are not obscured from the spectators,

Vas even those spectators low down in the of the roof l stand can see everything on the course above the dot-dash line 21, while those spectators high up in the stand can see everything on the course above the dot-dash line 22, and A the bodies of the dogs, usuallylarge greyhounds, are well'above such lines.` s

Although the tops of the open-work fences at the edges of the course are about three feet high to prevent the dogsfrom leaving the course, the top of the housing need only be about ten inches high, as the housing can be made as nearly flush with the course as conditions will permit without making the opening 23 between the course and the free edge 2O of the housing too small for sui'licient clearance of the arm 18 which extends through such opening.

`I claim:

1. A dog racing track, including a course, a fence along one edge oi the course, a conveyer track along the other edge of the course at an elevation lower than the course, a conveyor on the conveyer track, nj sans extending laterally troni the conveyor for supporting a lure overV over the conveyer track at an elevation but slightly higher than the course, and a trans- V parent'fencev extending from the housing,

and bounding said course.

L2. A 'dog racing track, including a substantially' oval-shaped course, a rail track along the inner side of the'courseat an elevation lower than the course, a conveyor on the rail track, a lure supporting arin projecting roni the conveyor over the course, a housing over the rail track at an elevation but slightly higher than the course, and an the course, a housing rail track, a lure-supporting arin projecting from the conveyor over the course, an L- shaped housing havingl a substantially flat and unobstructed roof portion over the rail track yat an elevation but slightly higher than the course, and a substantially transparentfence along the housing, said housing being arranged with. theiree edge of the roof portion thereof over the inner side of the course, and said fence being located on the housing/adjacent the free edge of the roof por# tion. Y

In testimony whereof I have hereuntol subscribed my naine.

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